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DanaThomas posted an update 4 years, 9 months ago
News is dribbling out about the serious flooding in China, not exactly censored but also not emphasized very much. While on one level some of the oligarchs say they are against the Chinese regime, it is actually a manifestation of their own wonky technocratic inferno so any weakness there highlights the fact that “they” are not all-powerful. Paper tiger status is looming…
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I’d guess the weaknesses will really show if/when a critical mass of the Chinese population (or any other population) starts to view their government as a paper tiger.
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I think that’s highly unlikely. Unfortunately, over the millennia, the Chinese have become hard wired always to look to the emperor for all their needs, including solutions to their problems. To a westerner like me, it can be quite shocking and sad to realise just how warm, safe and comfortable so many Chinese feel in their servitude. It’s a different mindset.
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You’re probably right about China. A Confucian mindset is totally different from the traditional Western one. I don’t know… If they get hungry and angry enough — and if there’s interference from outside the country — some kind of revolt might be possible(?). Though I would expect even a revolution to replace the existing emperor with a new one.
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Isn’t that what revolutions are for in the first instance?
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Yep. Throw the bums out and get new bums.
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Pretty much, yes.
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